THE TRAVERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1154203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Travers Foundation is a volunteer-run Charity that provides financial support to local 13 to 30-year-olds to help them realise their dreams in sports, music and the arts. We help by nurturing the talent of local teams, groups and individuals in Rutland, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN THE AREA LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE OR RUTLAND:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, OF SUPPORT AND FUNDING TO INDIVIDUALS, STUDENTS AND ARTISTS WHICH FURTHERS PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.2) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, OF FACILITIES, COACHING AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PLAYING OF SPORTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SPORTS OF FOOTBALL, RUGBY, GOLF AND ATHLETICS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating loss of £7,242 for the year ended 30 November 2025, resulting in a net decrease in members' funds from £71,274 to £66,182. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. No trustee remuneration was received during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/11/2022 (received 26/01/2024, 118 days after the 30/09/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Travers Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• TERENCE FRANCIS FORSEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emily Denise Brown
• Helen Elizabeth Heywood
• Rob Andrews
• Suzanne Wright
• Vanessa Powell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Leicestershire · Northamptonshire · Rutland

Income and spending

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• TURNAROUND FOUNDATION income £96k
• TRANMERE ROVERS IN THE COMMUNITY income £437k
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• TRING ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £34k
• HAS TRUST income £52k
• THE FLORENCE TURNER TRUST income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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